ASTM F833-05

Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Carriages and Strollers

SCOPE
1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes safety performance requirements, test methods, and requirements for labeling to minimize the hazards to children presented by carriages and strollers as identified in the introduction.  
1.2 No carriage or stroller produced after the approval date of this consumer safety performance shall, either by label or other means, indicate compliance with this specification unless it conforms to all requirements herein.  
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The SI values given in parentheses are for information only.  
1.4 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the test method portion, Section 7, of this consumer safety specification: This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 31-Dec-2004
• ICS: 97.190 - Equipment for children
• Technical Committee: F15 - Consumer Products
• Drafting Committee: F15.17 - Carriages, Strollers, Walkers and Stationary Activity Centers

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM F833-03 - Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Carriages and Strollers
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-2005
• Replaced By: ASTM F833-05a - Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Carriages and Strollers
• Effective Date: 01-Sep-2005
• Referred By: ASTM F404-21 - Standard Consumer Safety Specification for High Chairs
• Effective Date: 01-Jan-2005

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: F 833 – 05
Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for
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Carriages and Strollers
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 833; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
This consumer safety performance specification addresses carriage and stroller incidents that were
identified by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
The CPSC identified injuries to children associated with the following: stability, brakes, restraint
systems, latches and folding mechanisms, structural integrity, and deaths due to entrapment in
openings of convertible carriage/strollers. By far, the most common injury resulted when a child fell
or climbed out of a stroller because the restraint system was not being used. In response to the
incidents data developed by the CPSC, this consumer safety performance specification attempts to
minimize the previously listed problems. This specification does not cover carriages and strollers that
are blatantly misused, although warnings and safety instructions are required to be prominently
displayed on or with each carriage or stroller.
NOTE 1—This consumer safety performance specification is not intended to address incidents and
injuries resulting from the interaction of other persons with children in carriages or strollers or
incidents resulting from unforeseeable abuse or misuse.
This consumer safety performance specification is written within the current state of the art of
carriage and stroller technology. It is intended that this specification will be updated whenever
substantive information becomes available which necessitates additional requirements or justifies the
revision of existing requirements.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This consumer safety specification establishes safety 2.1 ASTM Standards:
performance requirements, test methods, and labeling require- D 3359 Test Methods for MeasuringAdhesion by Tape Test
ments to minimize the hazards to children presented by 2.2 Federal Standards:
carriages and strollers as identified in the introduction. 16 CFR-1303 Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain
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1.2 No carriage or stroller produced after the approval date Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing Paint
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of this consumer safety performance specification shall, either 16 CFR-1500 Hazardous Substances Act Regulations in-
by label or other means, indicate compliance with this speci- cluding sections:
fication unless it conforms to all requirements herein. 1500.48 Mechanical Requirements for Determining a Sharp
1.3 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded Point in Toys or Other Articles Intended for Use by
as the standard. The SI values given in parentheses are for Children Under Eight Years of Age
information only. 1500.49 Technical Requirements for Determining a Sharp
MetalorGlassEdgeinToysorOtherArticlesIntendedfor
1.4 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to the
test method portion, Section 7, of this consumer safety speci- Use by Children Under Eight Years of Age
fication: This standard does not purport to address all of the 1500.50-52 Tests Methods for Simulating Use andAbuse of
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use by Children
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- 16 CFR 1501 Method for Identifying Toys and Other Ar-
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- ticles Intended for Use by Children Under Three Years of
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F15 on contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM
Consumer Products and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F15.17 on Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Carriages, Strollers, Walkers, and Stationary Activity Centers. the ASTM website.
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Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2005. Published January 2005. Originally Code of Federal Regulations, available from U.S. Government Printing Office,
approved in 1983. Last previous edition approved in 2003 as F 833–03. Washington, DC 20402.
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F833–05
3.1.8 occupant retention space, n—space enclosed by the
surfaces, for example, side walls or the floor, or both, of a
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